But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring<n id="1" /> locusts<n id="2" /> into your territory<n id="3" /> tomorrow.

This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath<n id="1" /> into you and you will live.

Why has the <sc>Lordsc> brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn&#8217;t it be better for us to return to Egypt?&#8221;

&#8220;Speak to the Israelites and tell them, &#8216;When you enter the land to which I am bringing you<n id="1" />

The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Look, I am ready to bring disaster<n id="2" /> on you. I will destroy you<n id="3" /> and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.<n id="4" />

So this is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says, &#8216;I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Run for safety! Do not delay!p> <p class="poetry">For I am about to bring disaster out of the north.p> <p class="poetry">It will bring great destruction.<n id="2" />p>

So I, the <sc>Lordsc>, say this:<n id="1" /> &#8216;I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

<p class="poetry">Then I will reply,<n id="1" /> &#8216;I will bring them back from the land of the north.p> <p class="poetry">I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth.p> <p class="poetry">Blind and lame people will come with them,p> <p class="poetry">so will pregnant women and women about to give birth.p> <p class="poetry">A vast throng of people will come back here.p>

<p class="poetry">I will bring terror on you from every side,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the Lord <sc>Godsc> who rules over all.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You will be scattered in every direction.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">No one will gather the fugitives back together.p>

Then say, &#8216;In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments<n id="1" /> I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.&#8217;&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">The prophecies of Jeremiah end here.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am about to bring foreigners<n id="1" /> against you, the most terrifying of nations.p> <p class="poetry">They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and they will defile your splendor.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill<n id="1" /> every person and every animal.

I am about to bring<n id="1" /> floodwaters<n id="2" /> on the earth to destroy<n id="3" /> from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them.<n id="4" /> Everything that is on the earth will die,

You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living,<n id="1" /> and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you;<n id="2" /> you must not<n id="3" /> walk in their statutes.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations,<n id="1" /> so that<n id="2" /> the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence there does not vomit you out.

So I am ready to bring disaster<n id="1" /> on the dynasty<n id="2" /> of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.<n id="3" /> I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.<n id="4" />

They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them, &#8220;If any of the men inside get away, you will pay with your lives!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

&#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8216;I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which the king of Judah has read.<n id="1" />

&#8216;Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace.<n id="1" /> You will not have to witness<n id="2" /> all the disaster I will bring on this place.&#8217;&#8221;&#8217;&#8221; Then they reported back to the king.p>